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The 1960's DMS presented many favourite shows of the day and for the two years of 1964 and 1965 the Society performed 3 shows each year with the summer shows of “The Boy Friend” and “Free as Air” but reverted to two shows each year for the remainder of the 60's

Pantomime became a regular annual show and started to become a main fundraiser for DMS, The panto’s had moved to the 1250 seat Palace Theatre and enjoyed tremendous business, but in 1963 the future of the Palace Theatre was in doubt and they had to move back to the YMCA.That presented a significant challenge as the stage size of the YMCA was substantially smaller that the Palace. In these days sets were hired and were built to fit large theatres, so that the sets for the 1963 panto “Babes in the Wood” were built by the Producer and his wife maybe the start of set building which DMS still do today.

Also 1963 saw the first tour of a DMS show when they took the Panto (for a one night stand) to the Village Hall in St Monance in the East Neuk of Fife an event that the late Magnus Magnusson wrote about in the Scotsman

So as the 60’s moved on DMS’s reputation went from strength to strength and the Society continued to attract wonderful reviews from the local press.With shows like “No, No Nanette “Naughty Marietta” “The Merry Widow” “Love from Judy” “The New Moon” “The King and I” “The White Horse Inn” “Annie Get Your Gun” “Bless the Bride” and “Kismet” ticket sales were booming

In 1969, The Palace Theatre, which changed its name to The Theatre Royal in the Mid 60's closed, and the former State Cinema formerly known as the Alhambra Theatre (originally opened in 1928) in Bellfield Street, Dundee, was re-opened by the City Council as the Whitehall Theatre and became a new civic theatre. DMS's first show in the new venue was their 1969 pantomime “Puss in Boots” and the Whitehall has been their main venue ever since.

The 60’s were also the years when DMS Members appeared who would later appear in the West end and on TVIn “The King and I” (1965) Prince Chulalongkorn was played by Hilton McRae. Hilton stayed with DMS until 1968 appearing in 8 shows including panto. He later moved on to playing such major parts as the Engineer in “Miss Saigon” on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London he also starred in the film “The French Lieutenant's Woman” and more recently in “The Execution of Gary Glitter” and on TV in Lewis and Silent Witness.

Also in “Annie Get Your Gun”, Annie Oakley was played by Jill Keith who later became Jill Gascoine. Jill’s first appearance for DMS was the previous year as Dandini in “Cinderella”. Jill went on to play Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in the 1980s television series The Gentle Touch and its spin-off series C.A.T.S. Eyes. In the 1990s, she also became a novelist and has published three books. She has made many stage appearances in the UK and her now home town of LA and she too played Drury Lane in “42nd Street” in 1988.

(Below) Jill, Roger, and Jack continue their rifle shooting in "Annie Get Your Gun" in 1967

(Above Left) Veronica Van Der Kuyl as Nanny, Angus Gibson as Buttons, Roger Buist as Cousin George and George Duffus Thomas Trout (Above Right) the dance team in Rehearsal for "Bless the Bride" in 1968

(Below) Anna McCormack as Jenny and Ann Simpson as Peter in "Mother Goose" in 1968